The Mountain Home High School boys’ track and field team went to Fayetteville on Feb. 22 and basically picked up where they left off last May. The Bombers took home the Class 5A title following the Arkansas Indoor High School Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas. The trophy was received less than 10 months after Mountain Home won the Class 5A outdoor championship at Russellville.
Bombers’ head coach Noah Chagnon and several of his athletes were on Friday’s episode of the Talk of the Town on KTLO-FM. Chagnon says the team has put a lot of pieces together to experience its recent success.
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The points standings in the meet went down to the wire, and Mountain Home ended up beating out Russellville by a half point. Chagnon says he and his staff were keeping track of the scores before the meet came to an end.
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One of the Bombers’ individual winners was Eli Jones as he captured the shot put. Jones is having quite the senior year as he was an All-Conference defensive tackle on the football team and helped Mountain Home reach the state semifinals for the first time in 18 years. He says he had to transition from a football mindset to track almost immediately.
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Connor King had the most successful day for the Bombers last week as he won the 800-meter and 1600-meter runs, and he joined up with Trenton Smith, Jackson Free and Garrett Barr to win the 4×800-meter relay. King says it was a great feeling to win the title for all three events.
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Mountain Home now transitions to the outdoor season. The Bombers’ first meet will be Friday as they take part in the Y-Timing High School Running Festival at Fayetteville.
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